Baring it all
Minutes passed and our conversation turned to a stalemate. If we started straightforward, laying down our cards, it switched to us measuring each other's poker faces.
Ichihara-san who remained standing at the side was watching us, her eyes filled with anxiousness as though she was afraid that at any moment, the conversation would take a turn for the worse. However, it remained civil, if not a little tense.
"Sir, if I may..." I spoke up, placing my teacup back on the table with a gentle clink, "I understand this concerns your family's reputation but I feel like you're not worried at all. Am I correct? Because in the first place, the one that would get in trouble was the Kujou Family who couldn't control the chip that they handed over. Furthermore, with the transaction being your company renovating their ancestral estate, won't it be more favorable to you if the engagement falls through?"